Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Wubi on 12.04
On 21 December 2011 15:13, amjjawad HOOHAA wrote: > Hello Jean-Pierre, > > I'm one of those who actually avoid Wubi. It could be helpful but the > headache afterward is a lot sometimes :) > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1650699 > > IMHO, one can always try another alternative but that's me and YMMV :) I'm the same way. Personally, I'd prefer if Wubi wasn't available for the main Ubuntu CD as I don't trust it to work as reliably as a normal install or even a VM. Jeremy ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?
On 9 November 2011 06:03, Leszek Lesner wrote: > In my view Chromium offers still better features than firefox. Just look > at the HTML5 capabilities it just beats firefox here with in my view > important things just like HTML5 videoplayback (H264 is supported) Google is dropping H264 support: http://blog.chromium.org/2011/01/html-video-codec-support-in-chrome.html > or the fact that every browser tab in chromium is running as a different > process in a sandbox which makes a crash of one tab not concerning for > other tabs. Firefox might do that in the future also, but it costs memory to sandbox each browser tab. And I believe Chromium cheats: when available memory gets too low, tabs begin sharing the same process so it's a bit harder to know what's really going on. > All in all I am in flavor of Chromium as its still faster and offers the > better features. That's a bit subjective as Firefox also offers unique features: It's possible to run a few hundred tabs in Firefox; the design of Chromium's tabbar makes that much more painful in Chromium. Firefox has a much more powerful addon framework (although Chromium may improve this next year). The user has more control over his data with Firefox Sync than with Google's version. While I'm not a Google-hater, I think it's very important for the free web that Mozilla continues to exist. Since Mozilla is a bit more open than Chromium and multiple steps more open than Android, I think open source fans should consider supporting Firefox if the features are nearly equal, which in my opinion they are. This is why I hope Firefox continues to remain the Ubuntu default browser. Since Lubuntu has different constraints in choosing default apps, I'll let Julien and the Lubuntu devs make their own evaluation. Both browsers are fully supported in Ubuntu (Canonical is looking to hire someone who can help maintain Chromium). Jeremy ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?
On 6 November 2011 14:45, Chris wrote: > Chromium-browser automatically checks for the latest version AFAIK. And the > script should be able to retrieve the latest version from the respective > vendor sites. If the installed version (also callable from the system) > doesn't match the latest version, then the test will fail. > With metta, Chris No, the Ubuntu Firefox and Chromium packages don't use the built-in update checker. Jeremy ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?
Make sure you are doing your tests with a clean browser profile. An easy, safe way to do that is to create a new user and login to the new account. Jeremy ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [12.04] Firefox instead of Chromium?
2011/11/5 "神癒礁湖 (Rafael Laguna)" > > Well, it's ont sure that Ubuntu istelf will remove all GTK2 packages and > libraries completely. Shuttleworth was clear on it at UDS, because we're not > going to be "cool and modern" but removing things that are really useful just > because they're GTK2. > > I'm the first who want Mono and GTK2 away from Ubuntu (and GTK2 away too from > Lubuntu), but who knows... GTK2 will be in the Ubuntu repositories for years to come. A goal is to get it off the main Ubuntu CD but that doesn't look likely for Ubuntu 12.04. The Banshee decision is being made based on a number of factors, not just GTK2 and Microsoft fear. Jeremy ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] [Lubuntu 12.04] No LTS
On 24 October 2011 13:28, Gabriel Salles wrote: > Hi. I have a similar question. Ubuntu 12.04 will be LTS, but Lubuntu won't. > So, if I install Ubuntu 12.04 and then install the lubuntu-desktop, I will > have a "Lubuntu LTS"?? I believe Long Term Support only applies to the software on the LTS CDs. For instance, Firefox will be supported; Chromium won't be. Unity is, GNOME Shell isn't. GNOME Fallback probably will be supported since it's on the Edubuntu DVD. The community can fix bugs in other apps; they just don't have the Ubuntu/Canonical promise. Jeremy Bicha ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Rename LSC?
On 17 October 2011 13:55, Ali Linx wrote: > Hello Glenn, > > I think that would be easier if Lubuntu is not yet an official variant of > Ubuntu. Now, it's an official variant, I think (NOT sure) we need to be as > close as possible to Canonical's Approaches and style but perhaps I'm wrong > :) No, Lubuntu is not suddenly run by Canonical just because it's now an official variant. I don't believe Kubuntu has ever used the Ubuntu Software Center; they current use Muon. Kubuntu never switched the window buttons to the left and so on... Jeremy Bicha ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Power-manager application problem
On 24 July 2011 19:07, Julien Lavergne wrote: > Hi, > > I discovered that gnome-power-manager (the program we use for power > management) needs now gnome-settings-daemon, which is a central piece of > GNOME desktop. There is a high risk than it will interfere with > lxsession, the settings daemon of LXDE. Yes, a lot of the functionality that used to be in gnome-power-manager was moved to gnome-settings-daemon. gconf should be going away with time. I think the main Ubuntu 11.10 CD won't have gconf on it; it's not there yet but it's one of the Desktop Team goals. It's deprecated in Gnome but it will take a while for all apps to port to gsettings/dconf. Jeremy Bicha ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Hmm, does any of this affect us?
On 23 June 2011 21:03, Phill Whiteside wrote: > I do know discussions of USC, Deja-Dup etc have been mentioned but this news > does puzzle me. Any devs got any ideas? I just SO know we are going to get > asked on support! > http://www.webupd8.org/2011/06/synaptic-removed-from-ubuntu-1110-deja.html Phill, what's your question? Synaptic was removed from the default Ubuntu install, presumably to save space and most users are expected to be using Ubuntu Software Center (USC) and Update Manager. Synaptic is of course still supported in the repositories because a lot of people still use it. Removing Synaptic has been discussed/planned ever since USC was called software-store, especially since Synaptic has a lot of confusing buttons. And at the recent UDS, it was decided to include Deja Dup by default for backups. Apparently, it now has Ubuntu One support but I haven't tried it. Jeremy Bicha ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Pidgin - possible problem with 11-10 a1
On 20 June 2011 17:04, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > NetworkManager 0.9 changed its API and the version of Pidgin in the > Ubuntu repositories hasn't been updated for this change yet. Pidgin > checks for network connectivity and does not get the expected response > from NetworkManager. Actually never mind, this is fixed with Pidgin 2.8 which was uploaded to the Oneiric repositories today. Jeremy ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Pidgin - possible problem with 11-10 a1
On 20 June 2011 15:05, Phill Whiteside wrote: > After a clean install of lubuntu 11-10 a1, pidgin is quite happy. However, > after a reboot it fails to connect. > 1) browsing still works (Chromium and FFox) > 2) x-chat still works NetworkManager 0.9 changed its API and the version of Pidgin in the Ubuntu repositories hasn't been updated for this change yet. Pidgin checks for network connectivity and does not get the expected response from NetworkManager. The NetworkManager update was mentioned in the Ubuntu alpha release notes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneiricOcelot/TechnicalOverview/Alpha1 Jeremy ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] system requirements (workaround created!)
On 02/05/11 09:10, Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset wrote: > Ps: is there a way to launch periodiquelly "sudo apt-get clean" on lubuntu? > also why it keep all the kernels? that's tones of hard disk space for a > little hard drive... maybe lubuntu should have a way to do a little cleaning This file tells apt not to attempt to autoremove old kernels: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01autoremove I have never tried changing it. I believe it is there as a safety net in case a newer kernel doesn't work, you can go back to an older kernel while those that care can remove the older kernels manually. Jeremy Bicha signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] system requirements (workaround created!)
On 2 May 2011 04:30, Jonathan Marsden wrote: > Based on Julien's very handy pointer to the commit that broke this for > us, I just edited the file casper/filesystem.size in the Lubuntu 11.04 > ISO image to say > > 137000 > > (a round-ish number about half the value that was previously in the > file, plus 50MB as a safety margin!) and then updated the md5sum.txt > file to reflect that edit, and created myself a modified ISO image from > the result. > > That's a pretty trivial change, but, unlike the official 11.04 image, it > installs and runs fine in a 3GB virtual disk, at least in my initial > testing here (under VirtualBox 4.0.6). > > So, we seem to have a code-free workaround :) I suspect the number > could be lowered to around 9 for a 1.8GB size check, but I have > not tested that yet. Be careful about how low you set the number. It can make it difficult to install any additional software and likely more worrying, it can be impossible to upgrade if there is not space to download and unpack the updates. Jeremy Bicha ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Some news about the "official" status of Lubuntu
On 28 April 2011 22:43, Tom&Karen Pino wrote: > Good luck with this. > > I have come to believe that the folks at Ubuntu are not really interested in > users. Nor are they really interested in things that are not in line with > their current design fads. > > Basically I have come to believe that the definition of the word "ubuntu" is > an old african word for "can't configure Debian. > > I think this is a shame but there it is. > > I will be downloading the 11.04 version and giving a whack. Tom, please remember the Code of Conduct http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct Ubuntu developers are obviously interested in providing the best experience for users. Personal attacks at the Ubuntu developers, designers and community don't do anybody any good. Jeremy Bicha ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
[Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu apt: links
The fix for http://pad.lv/426215 may cause apt: links not to work if Software Center is not installed, which may be the case in Lubuntu. I don't have Lubuntu around to test so I can't tell for sure if all you need is an extra entry to your defaults.list in lubuntu-settings or not. I apologize for any inconvenience. Jeremy Bicha ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
